Garment-hanger.



No. 872,100. PATENTED NOV. 26, 1907.

M. A. WOOD.

GARMENT HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 25, 1906.

Witness attouwq y MARTIl. I A. WOOD, OF MARSHALL, NORTH CAROLINA.

GARMENT-HANGER.

' Specification of Letters Patent. v

a Patented Nov. 26, 1907.

Application filed March 26.1905 Serial No. 2 52.021.

To all whom it may concern:

Be'it known that I, MARTINA.WOOD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Marshall, in the county of Madison and State of North Carolina, have invented a new and ,useful Garment-Hanger and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

v The invention relates to a garment hanger and has for its object to improve the construction of garment hangers and to provide a foldable or collapsible hanger adapted to be distended or increased in'length to suit the size ofthe garment to which it is to be ap-' plied and capable of being automatically extended in such extended position by the weight of the garment whereby it is adapted to hold a garment in proper position and is retained in engagement with the same.

' further object of the invention is to rovide a device of this character which, w ile being capable of use in connection with various kinds of garments will be especially adapted forholding pants in proper position to reserve the dreases thereof.

ith these 'and other objects in view the invention consists in the construction and novel arrangements of parts hereinafter described and shown and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, forming part of this specification, and'in which like numerals of reference designate'corresponding parts, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a garment hanger constructs in accordance with this invention. Fi 2 is a plan view of the same, illustrating t e manner of folding the parts. 3 isa cross section on the line 33 of Tteferring' to the drawing, 1, 1 designate two similar slidably connected frames or sections each constructed of a sin is piece of "stout wire orsimilar material an composed ,of two substantially parallel sides 2 curved longitudinally and connected at. their inner ends by transverse portions 3 and terminating at their outer ends in u wardly opening hooks 4 or other suitable eutton-engaging devices adapted to receive the buttons of a pair of trousers whereby the same are suspended from the hanger. The sides 2 which are slightly diverged at their inner-ends are coiled thereat to form. eyes 4, the eyes of onesection slidably receiving the sides of the other section or frame. The sectionsdr frames are ada ted to slide on each other to suit the sides 0 the the device.

The transverse portions 3 are connected with a sup orting or suspending device 5 by means of inks 6 which are provided with eyes 7 and 8. The eyes 7 receive the transverse portion 3 and form hinge joints, and the eyes 8 are linked into an eye 9 of the device 5 which is preferabl in the form of a hook and which is adapts to fold fiat against garment and also to fold the frames or sections when the hanger is collapsed.

The curved frames or sections are adapted to fit a coat or vest which may be supported in the usual manner while a pair of pants is suspended from the ends of the frames or sections. The weight of the garment operates through the llIlkS to draw the transverse portions 3 towards each other and automatically extends the frames or sections for maintaining them in engagement with and properly adjusted to the supported garments. I

It will be seen that the device is exceedingly simple and inexpensive in construction, that it is adapted to fold into a compact form and that it is automatically extended by suspending it from a hook. Also it will be clear that it is capable of supporting an entire suit of clothes and of holding the same in proper position, and that the welght of the clothes w1ll maintain it in proper engagement with them. It will be seen from the fore oing that the improved device is composed 0 two slidably connected yokes or frames each provided at its inner, closed end with eyes for the accommodation of the side members of the other yoke, and said side members being provided with hooks at their outer, free ends for engagJement with the buttons of thegarments to e suspended. This construction 1s very sim le, useful and efficient.

hat'I claim is, v i

In a collapsible and extensible garment hanger, the combination of two yokes or frames, each comprising parallel side members, when collapsed or extended, each side memberat one of its ends terminates in coils, each oppositely disposed coil being connected by an arch which spans above the said side members and across the space between the same said side members being outwardly curved before terminating into the coils a air of rods 6 having their lower ends In testimony whereof I have hereto affixed forme into several coils 7, about said arches my signature, in the presence of two wit- 10 and provided at their upper ends with eyes nesses.

or loops adapted to register with one another, a hook having an e e received by the eyes of said rods 6, said si e members having Witnesses: their outer-free ends provided with hooks 4, ROY L. GUDGER, as and for the purpose specifically set forth. 1 C. R. ALLISON.

- MARTIN awoon'. 

